Category: Kaycee Toller
Hey commuter students! Soon, your freshmen friends will be able to share in your joyous commuter lot experience!
That’s right, for only the cost of two dorm parking lots, your on-campus buddies will be able to contribute to your discussions about:
• Buses that never come!
• Stalking pedestrians to see if they are about to free up a parking spot!
• Calling a Bobcat Bobby for a lift from Speck Street, only to be rejected because of your gender!
Sound like fun? I don’t like the idea either.
It’s that time of the semester when students have tons of tests, papers, projects and obnoxious e-mails from classmates:
“Hey guys i totally didnt go to class 4 a wile! can sum 1 send me all the notes??? lol”
Students in big lecture classes are at risk of receiving several of these each day for the sole reason that students are more rude than any adult ever should be.
There is at least one person who consistently arrives late, leaves early and spends the majority of class time texting or playing Farmville.
I remember when I first discovered the widespread myth parking services officers do not give tickets at night was completely untrue.
My printer had broken at about 10:30 that night so I decided to run up to the library to print my paper that was due the next morning.
I parked in a nearly empty lot, and returned to my car 20 minutes later to find a little orange envelope under the windshield wiper.
Chances are, most college students (not you, of course) have had sex with someone who turned out to be (circle all that apply) crazy/gross/shady/a jerk that doesn’t like to talk about feelings.
Sooner or later, the now single student will be clicking around on WebMD, trying to figure out if that’s a weird bug bite or some crazy STI down there.
Of course, the responsible action now would be to go get tested to see if everything’s still in good condition, but college students are not known for having a big pile of money set aside for blood tests and pap smears.
Excuse me, but do you have any spare change of attitude?
I’m not asking for money, but I would like to ask for a little manners.
It’s impossible to avoid groups of people who are working hard to earn money for some very deserving charities.
Students are out in full force collecting donations for causes ranging from the environment to cancer research and everything in between.
It’s great to know our campus organizations are passionate about helping others, and I’m proud of my fellow students who are working hard for a good cause.
Texas State student Kurt Mitchell knew exactly what he was marching for at the National Equality March Sunday in Washington D.C.
“I was marching for my life,” said Mitchell, a social work student. “Every issue we were marching for directly and intimately affects my life.”
Four Texas State students drove nearly 24 hours to join thousands of supporters in the largest demonstration for gay rights in Washington, D.C. in almost a decade.
There’s a lot of talk about campus beautification. Texas State’s 10-year Master Plan has some major construction planned to make campus more aesthetically pleasing. Unfortunately, the easiest step in campus beautification is being ignored.
Grounds crews struggle each day to battle the constant influx of cigarette butts, drink containers and other trash left on the ground. There is no way they can be expected to keep campus clean for more than a short while.
The most effective step in campus beautification is to reduce the amount of litter left around campus.
It’s a good 15-minute or longer walk to class from some of the commuter lots, but drivers don’t solve that by pulling their car into an on-campus disabled spot or parking on a sidewalk.
Drivers who do that should expect a towed car and hefty fines.
Why should it be any different for bicycles?
Even with racks on campus, cyclists insist on locking their bikes to rails along access ramps, making it difficult for those with disabilities to get around.
A petition is circulating on Facebook with the goal of measuring students’ opinions about a potential smoke-free campus.
ASG Sen. Dallen Terrell created “A Smoke Free Texas State University,” a Facebook group with an online petition to ban smoking on campus, to gauge student interest in possible legislation.
“Currently, we are looking at what students would like in regards to the smoking policy,” Terrell said. “We are not in favor of any particular method of reformation to the policy. We are just working on what the students would want.”
Texas State’s ASG tailgating committee has done a pretty swell job of adding a bus route and a new tailgating format that ensures Bobcat Stadium sees more than its fair share of fans on the student side.
Michael Flowers, head of ASG’s new tailgating committee, said the changes offer more accessibility.
“We’ve basically created a friendlier tailgate experience,” Flowers said.
Flowers’ tailgating experience includes live music performances and a layout that should help make pregame celebrations better for both fans and emergency personnel.
